h# SHOWINGS 1 Way TOC Bratslay # THE PALES, 1 of Nyse ¢ THE LIFE OF MOS! IE SOUL'S JOURNEY INTO GOD. THE TO A DEVOU OF LOVE S OF PENITENCE, HE MORAL PRINCIPLES, AND Origen # AN EXHORTATION TO MARTYRDOM, LECTED WORKS Crherine of Genoa # PURGATION AND PURGATORY, the Faster DREAMS, VISIONS, AS, RITUALS AND INTERIOR €as TREATISES 4 ANTIUS, ADSO OF MONT {OF FIORE, THE FRANC S, SAVONAROLA ATWANASTUS THE LIFE OF ANTONY ‘AND THE LETTER TO MARCELLINUS.Sha Sew Jone 70 Contents Foreword Preface Introduction ‘The Life and Affairs ‘of Our Holy Father A\ A Letter of Athanasivs, Our Holy Father, Archbi Ale to Mareellinus on the Interpretation IndexThe Life and Affairs of our Holy Father Antony (Written and dispatched to the monks abroad)! Ivrropuction You have entered on a fine contest with the monks i Egypt, intending as vou do to measure pass them in your discipline of vi have monasteries, and the na ks carries pub- lic weight? One may justly praise this purpose of yours, you ask in prayer, may God bring your requests to Since you have asked me about the career of sed Antony, hoping to learn how he began the disci pline, who he was before this, and what sort of death he ex Perienced, and if the things said concerning him are truc-— o that you also might lead yourselves in. imit hhim—I received your directive with ready good simply to remember Antony isa great profit and assistance for me also. I know that even in hearing, along with mar. veling at the man, you will want also to emulate his pur pose, for Antony"s way of life provides i cient picture for ascetic practice, Do not be incredulous about what you hear of him from those who make reports Consider, rather, that from them only a few of his feats have been learned, for these hardly gave full description of so much. And even if, persuaded by you, I sent as much as 29